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Contents
Green Bay Packers - Adams
Mule Check - Horstman
American Indian Vignettes - Hohertz
Nevada Stamped Checks - McHugh
Postage as Revenues - Kemp
More Postage as Revenues - Hohertz
The ASCC is Thanked - Hohertz
Holiday Wishes - Adams and Hohertz
Pennsylvania Inventory - Robin
Secretary’s Report
Typewriter Checks - Martin
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Membership Interests
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10. Ration Checks
11. Refund/Rebate Checks
12. Other
14. Counter & Modem Checks
20. Vignettes
21. Autographs
22. Railroads, Steamboats, Mining
23. Banking History
24. Security Printing & Printers
25. Check Protectors & Cancel
Devices
26. Wells Fargo History
30. Stock & Bond Certificates
31. Revenue Stamped Documents
32. Emergency Scrip
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f Tis the Season
by Jim Adams
For football, that is,
This Green Bay Packers, Inc. check was signed by the legendary Vince Lombardi in 1960 as Coach/General Manager of
the team. The Super Bowl trophy is named after this great football coach.
Shares
is the owner of
__Shares of the No Par Value Capital Stock of
v The GREEN BAY PACKERS, Inc.
transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized Attorney upon surrender of this
certificate properly endorsed, but only to persons permitted to hold stock according to the regulations of the
Corporation.
The Holder hereof understands and agrees:
That no dividend shall ever be paid on said stock, nor is the stock assessable;
That if the Corporation is dissolved all the assets shall go to Sullivan-Wallen
Post No. 11 of the American Legion for the purpose of creating a soldiers' memorial.
<31it pittness piljereuf, the said Corporation has caused this Certificate to
be signed by its duly authorized officers and sealed with the Seal of the Corporation
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The Packers are unique in being the only National Football League team owned by stockholders. The Packers stock certificate
shown on the previous page is a 1950's type and specifies that if the Corporation is dissolved, all of the assets shall go to
Sullivan - Wallen Post Number 11 of the Anerican Legion for the purpose of creating a soldiers' memorial.
The football team was started by Earl "Curly" Lambeau in 1919. Lambeau was working for the Acme Packers, who
agreed to sponsor the team and donated $500 for blue and gold uniforms. In 1922 the Green Bay Football Corporation
was formed and stock was issued at $5 per share with - get this - one box seat per share as an inducement! At tht time the
team's name was almost changed to the "Big Bay Blues" but public opinion prevailed in favor of leaving it as it was, and
the team continued to be known as "The Packers."
Lambeau died on June 1, 1965, and on September 11 of that year the former City Field was renamed Lambeau Field in
his honor.
Lombardi retired as Head Coach of the packers in 1967 and died September 3, 1970.
A Mule Found at Memphis
by Ron Horstman
PURINA FEED AWARDED GRAND PRIZE OVER ALL FEEDS,
"PURINA
Pay to
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In June 2009 at the Memphis Paper Money Show I purchased a very well-illustrated draft of the Raslton Purina Company,
manufacturers of Purina Feed. The company originated in 1894 as a three-man custom horse and mule feed provider.
Its motto was "Purina Feed keeps mules up and feed bills down" and appears at the bottom of the illustrated draft. This
instrument, dated May 7, 1906, in the amount of $3.38 was drawn on C. B. Smith of Provincetown, Massachusetts and was
subject to a fifteen cent exchange fee.
The underprint is of a handsome mule carrying what appears to be a chamber-pot type of container on its tail, perhaps to
capture the feed for "recycling" when it came out of the back end of the mule???
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American Indian Vignettes in the 19th Century
by Bob Hohertz
Part 4 - The Indian as Ally
Considering the general relationship between the Native American population and the government in the nineteenth century,
it is no surprise that vignettes portraying the Indian as an ally were scarce. Besides, pleasant relations would have been
much more difficult to illusrate than menace or unease.
One recurring vignette appears to be of a man offering wampum, which would imply a trading relationship.
Even though this figure holds a bow and arrows, the bow is unstrung and held back in a
non-threatening manner.
It is difficult to tell what the figure to the right below is trying to convey. He may be
indicating something in the distance, such as the wagon train at the left of the sight draft,
or he may be acknowledging the presence of an ally. The gesture is not particularly
agressive, at any rate. Perhaps if we looked at enough Greek or Roman statues we would
find a comparable pose and gesture?
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Part 5 - The Indian as "Romantic" Symbol
Several images lend themselves to interpretation as symbols of a romantic vision of that purer, cleaner time which is always
in the past, long enough ago to forget the petty inconveniences, let alone the serious problems, rampant then.
The vignette on this check is a good illustration of a nineteenth century romanticized
view of the Indian. The maiden is stepping delicately across a stream, though her pose
is unnatural unless she was about to step on the bank and was startled into immobility.
She could just as well be a Classical nymph or goddess. We were elevating our own
history into the realm of myth.
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The drafts on this page show a romanticized scene, perhaps out of Hiawatha. Both were printed by the Western Bank Note
and Engraving Company of Chicago, using what appears to be the exact same engraving. However, the one on the Saint
Paul draft indicates that the scene is Minnehaha Falls, incidentally which is in Minneapolis, not Saint Paul. The Nebraska
version remains silent on location.
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The next vignette appears in several versions from at least the 1860’s into the twentieth century.
The Indian stands on a rocky ledge overlooking a harbor settled by Europeans. His expression ranges from rueful to
downright angry as he sees what is happening to his land and he feels his limited power to do anything about it. At least,
that's how I see it almost a century and a half later, whether the original engraver had any such empathy or not. If not, what
was he trying to do?
The early version seems to be the one with square-sailed ships, as in the left-facing version below from a set of engravings
from antique plates put out by the American Bank Note Company in the late 1980's or early 1990's. The version on the
receipt above appears to be similar, but definitely not the same.
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The next two checks were printed by the same printer - Milwaukee Lithographing and Engraving Company - one with
an 187_ dateline and one with 188_. The ship in the harbor is difficult to see at all on the 187_example, but is clearly
a paddlwheel steamer on the 188_ one. Perhaps this is meant to be a river scene further inland than the other examples.
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Finally, here is a very late version, barely making it into the nineteenth century if one is in the camp of those who maintain
the technical position that centuries begin after the end of the year ending in 00.
The man definitely looks angry, and he is looking down at a harbor full of ships with sails much taller than those in the
original vignettes.
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version of the vignette the Indian has a rifle and is
looking over cabins. By that time we were more
distanced from the early settlements, and in the
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process of making other myths about the Wild West.
To be continued.
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Nevada Revenue-Stamped Checks, Drafts
and Certificates of Deposit -1862 to 1902
David McHugh
Belcher Silver Mining Company
The Belcher Mine Company's Comstock Lode claim of1859 was 1040* long, and was between the Overman and Crown Point Mines. First work began in I860;
beginning in 1870 it was worked jointly with the Crown Point Mine and in 1873 with the Yellow Jacket Mine.
1873 check, subject to 24 Federal tax (Imprint Type E7, consists of Federal E-type imprint with addition of "GOOD ONLY FOR / BANK CHECK"
inscribed above/ below portrait).
BELCHER SILVER LINING COMPANY
1878 check, subject to 24 Federal tax (Imprint Type Gl).
It is payable to the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company.
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AGENCY
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Nevada Revenue-Stamped Checks, Drafts
and Certificates of Deposit -1862 to 1902
David McHugh
[ 1875 check subject to 2<t Federal tax (Imprint Type PI).
It is signed by J. W. Mackay.
1879 check subject to 2 4 Federal tax (Imprint Type Gl).
It for $5,000 is payable to Osbiston Shaft and is signed by H. H. Perizer.
Best & Belcher Mining Company
The Best and Belcher Mine was staked in 1859 along the Comstock.
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Nevada Revenue-Stamped Checks, Drafts
and Certificates of Deposit -1862 to 1902
David McHugh
Brunswick Mill
The Brunswick Mill was located on the Carson River about a mile below Morgan Mill. The mill site was surveyed in 1861 and completed in 1864.. It was
deeded to William Sharon on December 14,1866.
Unused check intended for use at a time that would have made it subject to a 2<t Federal tax (Imprint Type Gl).
Chollar-Norcross-Savage Shaft Co.
The Collar, Hale & Norcross and Savage mines were adjacent on the Comstock Lode; this was an association to share the costs of digging mine shafts, which
for these mines reached a depth of 3,250feet.
1877 check, subject to
2<£ Federal tax (Imprint
Type Gl).
It is payable to William
Gerrans, a miner bom in
England in 1846, and is
signed by Isaac L. Requa..
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Nevada Revenue-Stamped Checks, Drafts
and Certificates of Deposit -1862 to 1902
David McHugh
Chollar Potosi Mining Company
In September 1861 William C. Chollar and another had 320 acres of coal mining land surveyed for them. The land was situated in the Butte Mining District,
seven miles south of the Carson River, and ten miles east from Chinatown (now Dayton, Nevada). Billy Chollar sued the adjoining Potosi Company in
December 1861, claiming trespass. The $1,300,000 suit lasted until 1865, when the two companies were consolidated as the Cbollar-Potosi Mining Company.
The consolidation lasted until 1878, when it again became two companies. 2
Known as "the purple Nevada," there are only seven known copies of
this imprint type. This is one of four known copies printed in dull
violet and with a single frame line and large size serial number digits.
The other three known copies are printed in a brighter red violet and
with a double frame line and small size serial number digits.
1869 check, subject to both 2$ Federal and 2$ Nevada tax (Imprint Type B17d, which consists of Federal B-type imprint with addition below it
of an octagonal tablet inscribed with "Good only for checks and drafts payable at sight" plus a dull violet Nevada imprint).
It is signed by Isaac L. Requa and is likely a payroll check for the prior month.
Isaac Lawrence Requa (1828 ?)
Isaac Lawrence Requa was bom in 1828 in the township ofTarrytoum, Westchester County, New York. In 1850, upon hearing of the riches in California, he
embarked on a voyage to San Francisco by clipper ship around Cape Horn, and followed bis ambition to try mining. After a time mining in California, in
1861 he traveled to Virginia City, Nevada, with his newly acquired experience to leave his mark upon the Comstock Lode. Over the next eighteen years, he
was the superintendent of the Cbollar-Potosi mines, the Gould & Curry mine, and the Union Mill and Mining Company. Isaac L. Requa was married in 1863,
in San Francisco, to Sarah J. Mower. In the late 1870s, Isaac selected a site for a homestead at Piedmont, Alameda County, California, where they lived the
rest of their lives. In the 1880s there were only seven houses where the City of Piedmont is now. The biggest house was owned by Isaac and Sarah Requa. It
was painted yellow and, because there were no trees on the hills, sailors could see the house from San Francisco Bay. The Requa's called their house "The
Highlands " and Highland Avenue is named after it.
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Nevada Revenue-Stamped Checks, Drafts
and Certificates of Deposit - 1862 to 1902
David McHugh
Chollar Potosi Mining Company (continued)
1875 check,
subject to 24
Federal tax
(Imprint Type
Dl).
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It is signed by
Isaac L. Requa
and is likely a
payroll check for
the prior month.
Consolidated California & Virginia Mining Company
Nevada’s “Big Four”, James G. Fair, John W. Mackay, James C. Flood and William S. O’Brien discovered"The Big Bonanza" in 1873, the main silver vein at
1200feet below earth. Their many mines eventually became the Consolidated Virginia and California Mining Company.
1900 check, subject to 24 Federal tax (Imprint Type X7).
It is signed by Joseph R Ryan . It is likely a payroll check for the prior month.
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Nevada Revenue-Stamped Checks, Drafts
and Certificates of Deposit - 1862 to 1902
David McHugh
Consolidated Virginia and California Joint Shaft
Both the Virginia and California mines were owned by Mackay, Fair, Flood and O’Brien. After striking “The Big Bonanza” the joint shaft was created in an
effort to speed up the extraction of ore.
1878 draft, subject to 24 Federal tax (Imprint Type Gl).
It is payable to Consolidated Virginia Mining Company and is signed by fames G. Fair.
Consolidated Mill
The Consolidated Mill was associated with the Consolidated California & Virginia Mining Company and owned by Mackay, Fair, Flood and OBrien.
To be continued.
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Postage Stamps Used as Revenues - Part 3
by Charles Kemp
Postage stamps found their way on to documents as substitutes for revenues, which presents fiscal document collectors
another field of interest. The fact that postage stamps were used often enough to make such items affordable has created a
colorful and interesting side field to collecting revenue stamped documents.
Why did this happen? Individuals looking for a revenue stamp often had only a postage stamp instead and used it out of
necessity. Sometimes a three-cent postage stamp was even used to pay a two-cent tax due to the necessity of writing a check.
The use of postage to pay documentary taxes was a bit more serious problem than using Playing Cards or Proprietary
revenue stamps. In the latter case, the money still went to the Internal Revenue Service, but when postage was used the
Bureau’s loss was the Post Office’s gain, and all the more so because they did not even have to process or deliver anything.
Apparently this was recognized, as one encounters checks where the tax was originally paid using postage stamps but
revenue stamps have been added to correct this. Often this was done by bank clerks who, no doubt, had been made aware
of the laws regarding such use.
Although postage stamps are found on documents other than checks, they are most commonly found on checks and drafts
payable at sight or on demand where the two-cent tax coincided with the two-cent postage drop rate. The stamps usually
found on documents are the so-called “Bank Notes” printed by the Continental, National and American Bank Note Com¬
panies. These colorful issues come replete with secret marks and grills and are a challenge to identify and collect.
This article is not an attempt to show as many documents with similar stamps as possible. Instead, it is intended to show
the range of postage stamps used as revenue and the variety of documents on which they can be found.
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The teller at the Keeseville NB of Keeseville, NC was alert. He added an R152 to the attempted use of Scott the one-cent
ultramarine printed in this case by the Continental Bank Note Company.
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KENT NATIONAL BANK,
Dollars.
or Bearer?
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Murphy’s Typographic Bank Chock*.
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This stamp is Scott #158, printed by the Continental Bank Note Company. The Kent National Bank appears to have ac¬
cepted it to pay the tax without question.
This check passed with a #178 two-cent Continental Bank Note Company vermilion paying the tax.
A Scott #179 five-cent blue overpaid the check tax by three cents.
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Finally, successful use of Scott #183, printed by the American Bank Note Company.
There are many more documents that show successful use of postage as revenues. I hope this showing of a number of
examples may give you some interest in seeing what you can come up with.
A Footnote to Postage Stamps Used as Revenues
We should not leave the Spanish American War Tax period out of our short survey, as the use of postage stamps to give the
appearance of tax payment did not end with the Civil War Taxes.
The check above is one of a number in the Editor's collection where the two-cent check tax was paid using a Scott 279Bf
small banknote from the 1897 issue.
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Form 618—30 Blocks—too ea. 7*25*99
No. (ORIGINAL. ItECEJJP^) (For Consignee) 1
JUNEAU CITY WHARVES
JuneOTb, £lasha, . ' J.. ./..•*?....
Received from . J.: ....
by the- JUNEAU CITY WHARVES -on its wharf-for delivery
to the PACIFIC COAST S^EAItt^HIP COMPANY, (hereinafter called carrier)
to be forwarded per Steamer.
or per some other of the Carrier's steamers, or per
property enumerated hereon in apparent good orj
and condition of contents being unknown to si
business of the Carrier will permit and deliver*
steamer or steamers in the employ of said Carrier, the articles 01
•, except when otherwise noted, the value, weight, quantity, quality
to be forwarded with as reasonable dispatch as the general
's tackle at the port, place or landing of
(here insert the name of the place where the steamer is Hyland the rfeight) in like apparervfgood order (but with the option
to the master to carry the property on deck, to deviate, and to lighter, surf, tranship, laiuf and reship the said property or
any thereof, and to stop and land and receive passengers anti freight at intermediate ports or places) unto the consignee,
or if shipment is to be carried beyond above named port or landing, to connecting Carrier or forwarder, he or they paying
freight at tariff rates (unless otherwise agreed) on delivery, and charges advanced by Carrier and average, and to secure
the payment of freight and charges the said property is hereby pledged to the Cajrier. The said property to be re¬
ceived, held, carried and delivered by said Carrier, sulijeat to /l the stipulations antreonditions hereon and on the reverse
side hereof under which stipulations rates are quoted and property is received for transportation, and to all of which the
shipper hereby agrees. / y '• /
Name and Address of Consignee .> _ J
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Packages Marked :..
(NOTE.—Receiving Clerks must not accept shipments until all the above blanks are properly filled out. Consign¬
ments to Order must not be accepted unless name of some resident is given to notify of arrival. Freight must be marked
with proper shipping mark and full name of place of destination—initials not accepted. Such terms as " Mdse.,” " Sun-
c., should not be used in describing contents of packages.)
No.of Pkgs.
ARTICLES.
Weight. Feet.
Subject to Correction.
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Skippers wishing lower rates, when such are conditional upon shipments
being released or at Owner’s Risk, or upon Valuation, must execute release
clause on back hereof.
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Checks with the tax paid using the two-cent Trans-
Mississippi Exposition commemoratives are much
less common, but can be found. The initials on this
one look consistent with the signature, and the stamp
is tied by the manuscript notation at left.
The bill of lading at left was subject to one cent tax.
The tax on this one, used at the Juneau City Wharves
for making a shipment of fittings to Skaguay, was
apparently paid using a #279 postage stamp. The
bill is not dated, but the initials canceling the stamp
look correct.
It is best to look at any use of postage stamps to
attempt to pay a documentary tax cautiously, as it is
all too easy to find a lucrative use for a damaged or
inexpensive, badly-centered stamp in this way.
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The ASCC Gets a "Thank You”...
...on the inside cover of a CD album!
ASCC member Aaron Klein had the fanciful check above designed as the foldout CD cover for his groups’ album ’’Pearls",
and on the inside thanks those who had a hand in the album in any way, including The Americasn Society of Check Collectors
for aiding research. This must be a real first for the ASCC!
I listen almost exclusively to classical music, so I am not the best person to review the CD. Having made that disclaimer, I
will say that I enjoyed what I heard. In many ways it took me back to some of the things I liked from the 1960’s folk scene,
but it has more of an edge. I can hear some New Orleans sound in it at times, and even some klezmer in another track.
In the letter accompanying the copy sent to me, the album is described as, "11 songe - 8 vocal and 3 instrumental.
Instrumentation includes solo and harmony vocals, acoustic six string, tenor, dobro and pedal steel guitars, double bass,
accordion, banjo, violins (including aluminum homed mechanical violin), mandolin, tmmpet, clarinet, cello, regulation and
baritone ukuleles, shepherd (string) harp, and various percussive instruments."
If you have any interest you can go to their website,
http://www.myspace.com/orpheumbell, where
there is a link to order their music.
As a collector and exhibitor of documents with
RN X7 imprints, you can see why I like their
booklet cover.
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Holiday Wishes
What sort of presents might have filled our dreams so long ago? (Check courtesy of Jim Adams.)
Or what we might have found in our stocking if we had not been good?
And what might have added to seasonal cheer?
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October- November 2009
Pennsylvania Banks -10
by Peter Robin
I request the help of all readers in
adding information to these listings as well as, of course, the counties to come. I can be
reached by e-mail at peterrobin@verizon.net or by regular mail at Box 353, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004.
Bank Name
Stamp
Years
Printer
Colors
Vignette
Size in mm
Lawrence County
Wm. Patterson, Banker
R15
1866
Haven, print.
Blue on White
Dealer in Exchanges,
185 x 76 mm,
New Castle
Time...
N.B. of Lawrence County,
New Castle
R15
1868
Hatch & Co.
Red on White
Designated Depository
223 x 87 mm.
Same
None
1887
J. Ottmann
Black on White
Pennsylvania
215 x 78 mm.
Same
None
1896
Johns & Co.
Black on White
Bums & Co. Merchants
215 x 78 mm.
Same
X7
1899
Forman, Bassett
Hatch
Black on Cream
McKinley Bros.
220 x 83 mm.
Same N. Liberty, Mercer
None
1889
Forman Bros.
Green on p.
McKinley Bros.
197x71 mm.
County
print.
Green
Lebanon County
Savings and Loan Bank,
Annville
R151
1874
Wm. Mann
Red on White
Banking Hours
164 x 73 mm.
JonestownBank,
Jonestown
R164
1898
Wm. Mann
Black on White
none
Same
R164
1901
Wm. F. Murphy
D. Blue on
Edward Sholl
212 x 75 mm.
Boake & Hunt Lebanon
White
The Lebanon Bank
R15
1875
Wilson, Hinkle
Blue on White
None
Lebanon
Lebanon National Bank
None
1834
None
Black on White
Curlicues
139 x 60 mm.
Lebanon
Same
None
1874
Black on Gray
178 x70 mm.
Valley National Bank
X7
1900
Maryland Fith
Black on Cream
None
180 x77 mm.
Lebanon
R152
1880
Wm.Mann
Red on White or
Ornamental design
174 x 67 mm.
Same
Blue/ White
Same
R152
1883
Wm. Mann
Black on Green
J. Henry Miller
210 x 75 mm.
1 st N.B. of Lebanon
R164
1899
Wm. Mann
Green on White
P.L Weimer’s Heirs
214 x70 mm.
Myerstown Bank Myer-
R152
1877
John Gibson
Green on White
None
200 x 65 mm.
stown
R152
1882
Wm. Mann
Black on White
Agricultural scene
Lehigh County
Allentown National Bank
Allentown
John E. Lentz draft on
Allentown N. B.
Facsimile
1883
Wm. Mann
Green on White
Empty green rectangle
197 x72 mm.
Same
R164
1898
Corlies, Macy
Black on White
Honest Shoes
210 x 75 mm.
Same
Facsimile +
R164
1898
Green on White
Keystone Mutual Benefit
First National Bank of
Allentown
X7
1901
Wm. Mann
Black on White
Albright Son & Co.
Same
R5
1864
Mann, Printer
Blue on White
Ornamental design
174 x72 mm.
Second National Bank of
Allentown
R6
1866
None
Black on Cream
Roberts Iron Company
172 x72 mm.
Lehigh Valley N. B. of
Bethlehem
X7
1898
A. M. Speed
Black on Tan
John Taylor & Co.
203 x 80 mm.
Same
D1
1875
Wm. Mann
Black on Tan
Farm scene, dog on safe
215 x 85 mm.
Same
Tint
Same
D1
1876
Wm. Mann
Brown on white
alt from First Nat'1 Bank
189x73 mm.
Same
G1
187-
MCJ
Blue on White
Joseph Faubach
None
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Bank Name
Stamp
Years
Same
G1
1881
Same
G1
1883
First N. B. of Bethlehem
X7
1900
Same
R15
1867
Same
Cl
1873
Same
D1
1873
Same
D1
187-
Same
D1
187-
Same
D1
187-
Same
FI
1877
Same
R135
1875
Same
R164
1891
Same
R164
1899
Same
X7
1900
The National Bank of
R15
1870
Catasauqua
Same
J5
1876
Same
R151/
1875
The National Bank of
R152
R152
1878
Slatington
Same
R163/
1898/
R164
1900
E.P. Wilbur Trust
None
1889
Company S.Bethlehem
South Bethelem National
X7
190-
Bank
Printer
Colors
Wm. Mann
Black on Cream
Wm. Mann
Orange on
White
Dennison &
Sons
Black On White
Wm/ Mann
Brown on
Cream
Wm. Mann
Rust Brown on
White
Wm. Mann
Rust Brown on
White
Wm. Mann
B&W
H&T
Brown on White
M.C. Johnson
Black on White
None
Red on White
Edwin G. Klose
Black on White
Dennison &
Sons
Black on Cream
Brown, Lent &
Pett
Brown on cream
Fuller &
Schlauch
Blue on White
Fuller &
Schlauch
Green on white
None
Violet on White
Wm. Mann
Blue on White
Wm. Mann or
Black on
Berkemeyer,
Green, Olive or
Keck & Co.
Salmon
Dennison &
Black on p.
Brown
Green
Brown, Lent
Black on Green
Vignette
Size in mm
Joseph Laubach
175 x 71 mm
Charles Laramy, Funeral
Director
212 x 77 mm.
Cattle & wagons on road
217 x 93 mm.
Weston Dodson & Co.
190 x70mm,
E.P.Wolle & Co.
190 x 76 mm.
Moravian Seminary
J.A. Geissinger
J.A. Geissinger
Dividend No. 23
186 x 71 mm.
Bank monogram
None
203 x 80 mm.
146 x 67 mm.
Moravian Seminary
209 x 74 mm.
Ornamental design
190 x 73 mm.
State seal, eagle
165 x 85 mm.
Charles Laramy
(cut at left)
195 x 68 mm.
Blue rectangle
Ornamental design
214 x 75 mm.
Empty rectangle
210 x 74 mm.
Carrie Knitting Mills
214 x 80 mm.
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Secretary's Report
Lyman Hensley
NEW MEMBERS
1850 By Bank Note Reporter
Earl H Bennett 2 (ID), 4(ID), 22 (Mining), 23, 30 (ID Mining)
157 Pine St PO Box 151
Genesee, ID 83832
1851
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130 Greathouse St
Vidor, TX 77662
REINSTATED
662 Bruce W Smith
Typewriter Related Check Survey
by Peter Martin
As a collector and researcher of typewriter postal history, I frequently encounter ephemera associated with this topic. While
reviewing the September 1987 Check Collector I noted a Bank Note Reporter ad that featured an 1809’s Wycoff, Seamons
and Benedict check with a Remington typewriter. I’d like to develop a list of checks from typewriter manufacturers and
those that feature a typewriter.
Remington, Underwood, Oliver and Smith Premier were among the largest manufacturers but there were more than 100
typewriter manufacturers at the turn of the 20th century. Readers with a typewriter related check are asked to send a scan
or photocopy to pmartin2525@yahoo.com or POB 463, Naugatuck, CT 06770. I plan to feature these checks in a future
Check Collector article and contributors will be acknowledged unless anonymity is requested.
EXCHANGE FOR
Chicago, 3 Uuuh 0, H.IAA.
of ttjio ^EcottJi
of ^xdjange (ifirst of tljr same tenor anil fcate unpaid)
flag to ttje GDriiet of ©ursduea
PLUS ALL CHARGES FOR COLLECTION. EXCHANGE, STAMPS. AND INTEREST AT 6 % PER ANNUM FROM
TO EXPECTED DATE OF ARRIVAL OF PROCEEDS IN CHICAGO
payable at
3fo
Halite recetnefc, an& ctjauje to acconnt of
Woodstock Typewriter Company
NO.
FORM X6-2M-3-3S
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Member Exchange
Long-time collector seeks checks signed by hostorical personalities. Michael Reynard, 1301 - 20th Street #260,
Santa Monica, CA 90404. E-mail reynard@ucla.edu.
Wanted: US Government checks and Wisconsin financial documents. James A. Downey, 1534 Pennsylvania
Street, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235. E-mail mufelika@itol.com.
New member is interested in pre-1950 Wisconsin checks. Will purchase or trade for any needed. Tom Casper,
S95W13453 St. Andrews Dr., Muskego, WI 53150. E-mail tcasper57@hotmail.com.
Charter member would like to obtain a check from the ’’Washington National Bank” or the Telegraphers National
Bank”, both of Saint Louis, MO. Will purchase or trade. Ron Horstman, 5010 Timber Lane, Gerald, MO 63037
Wanted: New York State/City; Connecticut early checks especially if issued by National Banks. Send on approval/
email lcsilver@optonline.net. Leon Silverman, 237 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605
Collector seeks old Philippines Treasury Checks, 1900-1915 with portrait of Gen Henry Lawton. Willing to pay
top prices for nice examples. Send photocopies and correspondence to: Craig Williams, 3014 N W Euclid Ave, Lawton
OK, 73505
Member seeks any paper items regarding the Smith-Condit Arms Co., Standard Arms Co., Cramps Gun Works,
and Artillary Fuse Co., all Philadelphia, PA or Wilmington, DE area. George Fink, PO Box 4, Viola, DE 19979 (302-233-
8171).
Wanted: Checks from dealers in Indian relics or fossils - or signed by archaeologists or paleontologists. Or other related
paper. Write: Stan Raugh, 4217 *th Avenue, Temple, PA 19570-1805.
Early checks, etc. with Old West themes. Trains, Indians, Cowboys, Buffalo, Horses. Send photocopy or email
with offer. Buck Major, 522 Mourning Dove Cove, Temple, TX 76502-5043, buckleymajor@yahoo.com.
Check Collector back issues wanted, and all periodicals issued by coin clubs relating to all subjects of United
States numismatics. Please send list. Harold Thomas, PO Box 7520, Beaumont, TX 77726-7520. 409-466-0781
Wanted: "Manuscript” aka completely handwritten checks. All states and dates (generally pre-1900. Sheldon
Rabin, 2820 Breckenridge Circle, Aurora, IL 60504, sheldonrabin@yahoo.com
Wanted: ’’Presidential” named city checks. Need Hoover, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Reagan
& Bush. Will purchase or trade. James Adams, 1607 Birch St., Baraboo, WI 53913.
Exchange postings will be taken from ASCC members who are collectors only. Postings of 20 words or less are free; please
remit $3 each issue for postings of 21 to fifty words. Name and address do not count toward the 20 words.
Neither the Editor nor the ASCC can be responsible for compliance with any promises made in postings, or in response to
them. Be very clear as to the value you place on your material when discussing a trade. Fairness and common courtesy
are to be expected, but common sense must rule.
The 16th Annual Chicago Paper Money Show will be held from Friday, March 19th through Sunday, March 21st, 2010 at
the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois, 60018.
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